Open Data Albania has conducted a research related to the actual budget of the Parliament of the Republic of Albania in the years 2012-2013. This budget consists in capital and current expenditure in function of planning, management and administration as a part of the parliamentary control and legislative activity, which has been attributed to this institution.

The data were obtained from the catalog Spending Date Albania. All transactions with value, date, description of expenditure and beneficiaries are accessible through the application State Treasury Monitoring.


Source: spending.data.al
Comments and analysis: ODA

During 2012 the Parliament of the Republic of Albania has seen an actual budget of 625,666,410 (six hundred and twenty-five million six hundred and sixty-six thousand four hundred and ten) ALL. This budget has increased by 6%, marking a value of 662,060,054 (six hundred and sixty-two million sixty thousand and fifty-four) ALL in 2013.


Source: spending.data.al
Comments and analysis: ODA

In 2012 the Parliament has spent most in salaries, respectively 13% of the budget or 79.5 million ALL. Diets abroad have recorded a value of 19.5 million ALL, while the domestic ones a value of 14.5 million ALL. Just for trips abroad the Parliament has spent 6.5 million ALL this year.

Actual Budget of the Parliament in the Republic of Albania 2012
Value in money


Source: spending.data.al
Comments and analysis: ODA

Other expenses of the institution?s budget are “reception-representation expenses” – 11.5 million ALL, “year-end bonuses” – 3 million ALL, “Accommodation expenses” – 2.9 million ALL, “phone and internet expenses” – 2.6 million ALL, “Rent” – 1.1 million ALL, “utility expenses” – 1.4 million ALL, “Food Pension” – 102 thousand ALL. Other expenses comprise 77% of the budget or 483 million ALL.


Source: spending.data.al
Comments and analysis: ODA

In 2013, expenses for salaries increased by 1.4% compared with a year earlier, marking a value of 80.6 million ALL. The item “immediate reward” reflected this year in the actual budget of the Parliament of Albania had a value of 17.6 million ALL or 3% of the total. Member’s diets during this year were 10.7 million ALL, those abroad 4.7 million ALL, while thousand of the staff 464 thousand ALL. Just for trips abroad the Parliament this year has spent 7.6 million ALL.


Actual Budget of the Parliament in the Republic of Albania 2013

Value in money

Source: spending.data.al
Comments and analysis: ODA

Other expenses of the institution’s budget are “phone and internet expenses” – 10.2 million ALL, “MPs expenses – payroll” – 8.4 million ALL, “salary expenses for fired employees” – 1.1 million ALL, “utility costs”- 1.7 million ALL, “reception-representation expenses”- 1.1 million ALL, ‘accommodation costs”- 437 thousand ALL, “expenses for annual leave”- 413 thousand ALL and “Food Pension”- 102 thousand ALL. Other expenses comprise 78% of the budget or 517 million ALL.